The leading century-maker in ODI cricket, Virat Kohli, announces 2027 World Cup will be his swansong for India.<\/p>\n
Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026<\/p>\n
Virat Kohli said next \u200cyear\u2019s 50-over World Cup would be his last for India and he \u2060is ready to \u2060give his all to help lift the trophy.<\/p>\n
The leading century-maker in ODIs with 54 hundreds, has already retired from T20 internationals and Test cricket \u2060and now only represents India in the 50-over format.<\/p>\n
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The 37-year-old batter, who has scored 14,941 runs in one-day internationals, second only to Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s 18,426, won \u2060the World Cup on home soil in 2011 before suffering defeat in the 2023 final against Australia.<\/p>\n
The 2027 edition, to be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October to November, will be Kohli\u2019s fifth ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, it\u2019s the \u200clast World Cup I\u2019m going to play for India,\u201d Kohli told broadcaster JioStar on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is my motivation and like, you know, to leave everything out there. And of course, the goal is absolutely to win the World Cup and whatever it takes, I\u2019m absolutely ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kohli said the demands of a 50-over World Cup made it one of cricket\u2019s toughest challenges, particularly with the \u2060tournament set to be played away from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intensity of \u2060a 50-over World Cup is greater than anything. Because now, it\u2019s about 10 games at a Twenty20 level of intensity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you are playing 2.5 T20 games in one day. And to maintain \u2060that intensity for 10 games in a big tournament and World Cup is a big deal. Also now, it\u2019s in \u2060foreign conditions. It takes a lot out of \u2060you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former captain Rohit Sharma, who also plays only ODIs for India, said he remained fully motivated by the prospect of another World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thought will never cross my mind that the business I \u200chad is finished,\u201d Rohit said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as you\u2019re playing, there is always something to look forward to. And I\u2019m looking forward to the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kohli and Rohit were \u200cboth \u200cnamed in India\u2019s squad for the three-match ODI series against West Indies. The opening match will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The leading century-maker in ODI cricket, Virat Kohli, announces 2027 World Cup will be his swansong for India.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[6074,1724,64,63,740,58252,1209,1183,588,85],"class_list":["post-906890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-africa","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-icc-cricket-world-cup","tag-india","tag-south-africa","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}